About Johnny B - Operating Manager | Lead Digital Designer

Johnny B Allen, an award-winning digital media designer and operating manager of Evolving Creativity LLC, is a self-taught, self-starter digital artist with a degree from Kendall College of Art & Design. He began his professional career in high school, producing marketing videos with custom motion graphics for local businesses. Johnny's expertise extends to creating a successful netcast series, "Talking Scuba," initially on Blip.TV and later syndicated on iTunes and WKTV Public Access Television in Wyoming, Michigan through Comcast and AT&T U-verse public access channels.

Since May 2019, Johnny has been a full-time digital media designer/department analyst at OK2SAY, Michigan’s student safety program, within the Michigan State Police, Office of School Safety.

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Scuba Certifications

SSI - https://www.divessi.com/
Open Water Diver with Specialty Course work in Boat Diving, Deep Diving, Navigation, Night & Limited Visbility, & Wreck Diving

PADI - https://www.padi.com/
Specialty in EAN Nitrox

NASE WorldWide - https://www.naseworldwide.org/
Rescue Diver

Online Certifications & Badges

Alternative Basic Library Education

  • Building a Collection from Idaho Commission for Libraries
    Date Received: March 8, 2017

  • Collection Development (Collection Development Basics) from the Idaho Commission for Libraries.
    Date Received: March 3, 2017

  • Collection Development Policy from the Idaho Commission for Libraries.
    Date Received: March 3, 2017

Education Course Development

  • Flipping the Classroom Certification: License 674BD1 from Lynda.com.
    Date Received: October 2013

  • BlendKit 2017: Becoming a Blended Learning Designer

Awards

  • 2013 - SpartanNash Marketing Department RockStar

  • 2009 - Alumni Committee Technology Chairperson for Kendall College of Art & Design

  • 2009 - Committee member for the Mid-Michigan MCA-I Chapter

  • 2008 - Served on the Kendall College of Art & Design Broadcast Media Panel

  • 2008 - Voted to sit on the Kendall College of Art & Design Alumni Board for a 3-year term

  • 2008 - Nominated for Kendall College of Art & Design’s Recent Graduate Achievement Award

  • 2007 - Graduated with Honors from Kendall College of Art & Design - Alumni Member

  • 2007 - Kendall College of Art & Design - President Honours List Award

  • 2006 - 5th Annual "Creative SmackDown" Finalist - sponsored by The Polishing Center

  • 2003 - Granted Internship at WOOD TV8/Media General

  • 2002 - Bronze Web Designer Award, sponsored by Gateway Inc.

  • 2000 - Telly Award, Motion Graphics Designer on training video for "Show & Tell"

  • 1999 - Best Buy Most Valuable Player - Commitment to Quality

  • 1998 - Telly Award, production assistant for DW Video & Multimedia.

  • 1996 - Broadcast Design Association (BDA) International Silver Award

  • 1995 - First Division Winner in the Michigan Student Film & Video Festival

  • 1995 - Channel One News (All-Expenses Paid) Internship in Los Angeles, CA. Performed duties as an assistant Art Director during the two week intensive training program.

  • 1995 - Certificate of Recognition from the Governor of Michigan

  • 1995 - "Zip, Zero, Zilch for Under 21" PSA Video Challenge Winner

  • 1995 - Certificate of Merit from the Beer Institute Community Assistance Fund

IT and Digital Technology Experience

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) & Application Development: Currently in training

  • Incident Management, Mainframe & Enterprise Monitoring: BMC Remedy, Emerson Network Power Alarm Monitoring Software, Unisys LIBRA Mainframe, B&L Associates’ BL SCHED, CA Technologies Spectrum Oneclick, Solarwinds Orion Platform.

  • Network Environments: Microsoft Active Directory(AD), Microsoft Office 365 Admin

  • Helpdesk Software: Desk.com, Sharepoint, SpiceWorks

  • Content Management Systems: Drupal, Wordpress, OpenCart, WorldNow, SquareSpace

  • Learning Management System(LMS): Instructure Canvas

  • Operating Systems: OSX, Windows 95, 98, NT, Win2000, XP, Windows7, Windows 10, Linux Ubuntu, iOS, Android

  • Creative Software: Creative Suite CC, Modo, Lightwave, Painter, Zbrush, Camtasia Studio,

  • Coding: HTML4/5, CSS2/3, FlashAS2/AS3, jQuery

Affiliations/Forums

  • AIGA West Michigan - https://westmichigan.aiga.org

  • IDSA: Industrail Designers Society of America - http://www.idsa.org/

  • iXDA: Interaction Design Association - http://www.ixda.org/

  • ACM SIGGRAPH - http://www.siggraph.org/

  • CGW: Computer Graphics World - http://www.cgw.com/

  • ZbrushCentral - http://www.zbrushcentral.com/forum.php

  • Adobe Education Exchange - https://edex.adobe.com/

  • Google for Education Training Center - https://edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com/certification

  • The Foundry Community - http://community.thefoundry.co.uk/discussion/

  • Painter Community - http://painterfactory.com/

  • Adobe Forums - https://forums.adobe.com/welcome

  • Deviant Art - http://www.deviantart.com/

  • CG Society - http://forums.cgsociety.org/

  • VFX Community - Vancouver's Visual Effects Forum - http://www.vfxcommunity.com/

  • Pluralsight Forums - http://www.digitaltutors.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?785-VFX-Software-Specific-Forums

  • Creative Planet Network - https://forums.creativeplanetnetwork.com/forum/everything-else/jobs

  • Flipped Normals - https://flippednormals.com/

  • Unity Forums - http://forum.unity3d.com/

  • Unreal Engine Forums - https://forums.unrealengine.com/

  • Animation Mentor - http://www.animationmentor.com/